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Satorii- moment of transition
Eat out
The wife you save
May be your own
(As seen locally on a sign)
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SATORIPRONUNCIATION: (suh-TOR-ee) MEANING: noun: Sudden enlightenment or intuitive understanding. ETYMOLOGY: From Japanese satori (understanding), from satoru (to know or understand). Earliest documented use: 1727. ______________________ LSATORI - that moment when you realize you really don't want to go to Law School SARTORI - sudden acquisition of a sense of fashion SAVORI - the fifth flavor, after sweet, sour, bitter, and salty (see UMAMI) (no, really!)
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Hogira- Pigita's mother, cast in Pearls Before Swine
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HEGIRA
PRONUNCIATION: (hi-JY-ruh, HEJ-uhr-uh)
MEANING: noun: A journey or migration, especially when taken to escape an undesirable situation.
ETYMOLOGY: From the flight of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina in 622 CE to escape persecution. From Arabic hijra (departure), from hajara (to depart). Earliest documented use: 1590.
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HEGILA - a male venomous lizard from SW US/NW Mexico
HEGIRO - mother of all submarine sandwiches (combination of HERO and GYRO)
MEGIRA - Bill Gates' retirement fund
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pronunciamentoe- theory that states lifting the fig leaf means lights out.
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PRONUNCIAMENTO
PRONUNCIATION: (proh-nun-see-uh-MEN-toh)
MEANING: noun: An official or authoritarian announcement.
ETYMOLOGY: From Spanish pronunciamiento (pronouncement, military uprising), from pronunciar (to pronounce), from Latin pronuntiare (to put forth), from pro- (toward) + nuntiare (to announce). Ultimately from the Indo-European root neu- (to shout), which also gave us announce, denounce, pronounce, and renounce. Earliest documented use: 1832.
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PRONUNCIAMENTOR - your advisor about how words should sound
PRENUNCIAMENTO - before he got to be spokesman for the Pope
PRONOUN-CIA-MENTO - thinking of the Central Intelligence Agency as "it"
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BOBBERYPRONUNCIATION: (BOB-uh-ree) MEANING: noun: Squabble; commotion; confusion. ETYMOLOGY: A corruption of Hindi “bap re” (literally, oh father!), an exclamation of surprise, grief, etc., from bap (father) + re (oh). Earliest documented use: 1816. ____________________________ BOBBERY - the practice of removing the tail from animals BBBERY - government by business bureau BOBBERAY - radio comedians from the 1950s ( Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding)
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CAMORRA
PRONUNCIATION: (kuh-MOR-uh)
MEANING: noun: A secret group united for unscrupulous purposes.
ETYMOLOGY: After Camorra, a secret organization in Naples, Italy, engaged in criminal activities. From Italian, possibly from Spanish camorra (fight). Earliest documented use: 1865.
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AMORRA - When the moon hits-a your eye like a big-a pizza pie that's...
CLAMORRA - lotsa noise
CAMO-NRA - you can't see them; the way they're dressed they blend right into the background
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Camorral- puzzling morals
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QUOTIDIAN
PRONUNCIATION: (kwo-TID-ee-uhn)
MEANING: adjective: 1. Commonplace; ordinary. 2. Occurring every day.
ETYMOLOGY: From Old French cotidian, from Latin quotidianus/cotidianus, from quotidie (each day), from quot (how many). Earliest documented use: 1393.
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DUOTIDIAN - twice every day
QUOTHDIAN - The late Princess of Wales said...
QUOTICIAN - John Bartlett, 1820 – 1905
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